Crunch Away on National Fried Chicken Day

A summer guilty pleasure is always fried chicken, and of course, there’s a national holiday for it—July 6—so crunch away. I think calories are suspended on national days—not.

The Regional Kitchen & Public House

Chef Lindsay Autry is hosting an all-you-can-eat special from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. for her wonderful sweet tea brined fried chicken (pictured above). For lunch, there’s “Meat n’ Three” for $14 (dark meat) or $16 (white meat) and a choice of three sides. For dinner dining in, the all-you-can-eat is $24, and that includes sides of in-house coleslaw and pickles. To take home, the fried chicken buckets with a pint of coleslaw and pickles are $24. Chef Lindsay’s fried chicken is so light and delicious that it’s the one I eat without any guilt. And that’s saying something. 651 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 561/557-6460; eatregional.com

Publix

Your local store will be offering free chicken tender samples from 4 to 7 p.m. publix.com

Carrabba’s Italian Grill

During happy hour on July 6, wood-fired Italian wings are half off. carrabbas.com

Lynn Kalber was raised in Boca Raton and has always worked in Palm Beach and Broward counties. She is a career journalist, with 26 years at The Palm Beach Post alone, where she wrote feature and food articles, edited the food section and wrote about wine as part of the Swirl Girls.